Astronomy college course/Venus/Quizbank/Original version of this quiz

{When imaged in visible light Venus appears like ______ rather than ______.} - an asteroid ... a terrestrial planet + a gas dwarf ... a rocky planet - Mars ... Venus - Venus ... Mars {The rocky surface of the planet Venus can be detected when Venus is observed using infrared astronomy.} - TRUE + FALSE {When Venus is viewed in the ultraviolet, its color appears brownish.} - TRUE + FALSE {Moldavite is a mineral that may be associated with what radiation astronomy phenomenon?} - lightening strikes + meteorite impacts and fireballs - evidence that Venus was once a comet - predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt {According to Wikipedia, a "mineral" is a naturally occurring solid that} - is heterogeneous - has useful value + is by a chemical formula - contains carbon - does not contain carbon {Which types of radiation astronomy directly observe the rocky-object surface of Venus?} - X-ray astronomy - ultraviolet astronomy - visual astronomy - infrared astronomy + radio astronomy {One reason that Venus's atmosphere has more carbon dioxide than Earth's is that} - the mass of Venus is slightly higher + Venus was too hot for oceans that could absorb the carbon dioxide - Venus is exposed to a stronger solar wind strips away the other gasses - Venus has a lower magnetic field that disassociates carbon dioxide {The surface temperature of Venus is about} + 850 Fahrenheit (730 Kelvin or 230 Celsius) + 450 Fahrenheit (500 Kelvin or 66 Celsius) + 150 Fahrenheit (340 Kelvin or 66 Celsius) {The Venetian atmosphere consists of mostly carbon dioxide and} - oxygen - helium - hydrogen + nitrogen - sulfuric acid {The clouds on Venus are made of} - water - steam - carbon dioxide - nitrogen + sulfuric acid

{The geology of Venus is predominantly} + Basalt - Andesite - Picrite

{Basalt is what type of rock?} + Igneous - Sedimentary - Metamorphic

{The rocks on Venus are mostly} + from volcanoes - from the seabed of a now non-existent ocean - associated with plate tectonics